Great Place Projects
There are 20 projects which are building the work already achieved by the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Partnership since inscription by UNESCO in 2001.
Working in partnership is central to the delivery of these projects and the co-ordination team is working with a range of organisations based in Derbyshire and beyond to ensure success. Further information about the projects can be found below:
- Business Support Workshops
- Business Ambassador Scheme
- Learning Tours
- Audience Research
- Advocacy with Local and Regional Policy Makers
- Digital Solutions – Virtual Reality Tours
- New Access Solutions – Improving Accessibility
- Young Entrepreneurs
- Mobile Museum of Making
- Mapping to Understand the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
- Creative Programme: A Creative Future
- Training and Development for Volunteers
- Out of Town – Encouraging Urban Audiences
- Putting the Valley on the Map
- Wayfinding – Belper, Milford & Darley Abbey
- Making the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Resilient
- Old Spaces, Creative Futures
- Experiment Fund
- Great Works
- Developing a Spirit Of Place
- Offline Creativity Packs
- Learning for Schools – leaflet
- Education Options Appraisal
- Moved to Create: Outdoor Exhibition
Charted Territory
Charted Territory is a project delivered by the Great Place Scheme to digitise several historical maps of the Derwent Valley and provide a portal for members of the public to be able to access the maps for further research. Working with Derbyshire Records Office, a team of volunteers alongside the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage […]
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Experiment Fund
Derwent Valley Mills Experiment Fund: Applications now closed The Experiment Fund programme was designed to enable arts, cultural and heritage organisations located within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site to apply for grants to assist income generation and try out new ideas. Organisations needed to make sure that the idea made business sense, had […]
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